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| the Banay-e' Azadi(freedom monument) |
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| Caravanserai:Just like a motel. |
Day 1: Today I go to Iran to learn about this marvelous culture and beautiful city.I just got out the airport at Tehran.The first thing I see is a big monument.Til later I found out is was called Banay-e' Azadi.The monument was built in 1971 to celebrate the 2500 anniversary of the Iranian Empire. It should be able to enter the building for a view over Tehran and a visit of the Azadi museum.
In Iran, there used to be over a thousand caravanserais. About every 40 km along the old caravan routes, you could find these places, where you could eat, sleep and drink and where was a place to put your camel.Just like a motel. Today, there are only 128 left, and most of them are in ruins. I visited one of them, in the middle of the desert a few hundred meters from the road from Yazd to Kerman.
Yazd is a relaxed city surrounded by a lot of desert.The city has numerous interesting sights. We started with a visit of the Mashed-é Jameh or Friday Mosque. This mosque has the highest minarets of Iran, which can be seen from far away.I've seen quite a lot of mosques in Iran, but we can say that this is one of the most beautiful.The mosaics are superb in their dazzling colours.In the middle of the court is a stairway which leads down to the qanat-system.
Yazd is the center of present day Zoroastrian religion. There are about 150.000 Zoroastrians in the world, of which 65.000 live in Iran and 20.000 in Yazd. The Atashkadeh is the most important fire temple. Zoroastrians from all over the world come here to see the sacred fire that has been burning without interruption for 1500 years.
There are a lot of flowers in Iran.If you still think Iran is just desert, maybe you should have a look at all the other flower photographs I made.
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